March, 1910.] 



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Miscellaneous, 



5 TERMS.— The terms for students are 

 as follows : — 



Autumn Term. — From 1st June to 

 loth November. 



Vacation— From 16th November to 

 5th January. 



Spring Term— Prom 6th January to 

 31st March. 



Vacation — From 1st April to 31st 

 May. 



6. Certificates.-- For the present it 

 has been decided not to hold periodical 

 and final examinations, but certificates, 

 signed by the head or the section and 

 countersigned by the Principal, will be 

 presented to students who have passed 

 through the College course with credit. 



IV. Admission Rules. 

 1. Accommodation.— The total num- 

 ber of students that can ordinarily be 

 admitted in each of the following sec- 

 tions every year is as follows :— 



Agriculture 8 



Agricultural Chemistry 8 



Mycology 8 



Entomology 8 



Botany 8 



Agricultural Bacteriology ... 4 



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The number of studentships to be 

 allotted each year to the respective 

 provinces as well as the number of 

 nominations, if any, to be made by the 

 Principal, will be decided by the Prin- 

 cipal before the 1st April, after consul- 

 tation with the provincial authorities 

 as to their requirements, and communi- 

 cated to the Local Governments and 

 Administrations concerned. 



2. Students,- There will be three 

 classes of students: — 



(i) Students nominated by a local 

 Government or an administration. 



(ii) Students deputed by a Native 

 State, on the nomination of the In- 

 spector-General of Agriculture in India. 



(iii) Private Students. 



3. Students nominated by a local 

 Government or Administration should 

 ordinarily be men who have passed with 

 credit through a provincial agricultural 

 college, or are graduates of an Indian 

 University or possess a degree or 

 diploma of approximately the same 

 standard granted by any other educa- 

 tional institution. 



4. Students deputed by a Native State 

 may be admitted on the application of 

 the Si a te concerned, provided that 

 accommodation is available. Applica- 

 tions should be addressed, in the first 



instance, to the Inspector-General of 

 Agriculture in India, Nagpur, Central 

 Provinces, and shovrld reach him before 

 the 15th March. The nomination of 

 such students is made by the Inspector- 

 General of Agriculture in India, and his 

 nomination should reach the Principal 

 before the 1st April, as provided in Rule 

 1 above. 



5. Students of class (ii) above will be 

 required to pass a satisfactory test to be 

 applied by the chief of the section 

 concerned at Pusa. 



6. (i) Private Students. — Private stu- 

 dents may be admitted by the Principal 

 provided that accommodation is avail- 

 able. Candidates for admission should 

 be not less than 19 years of age, and 

 should submit their applications to the 

 Principal before the 1st April in each 

 year. Ordinarily only candidates will 

 be admitted who have the same qualiti- 

 eations as are prescribed for students 

 nominated by a Local Government or 

 Administration in Rule 3 above, and 

 such candidates may also be required to 

 pass the test mentioned in Rule 5 above. 



(ii) A private student must attach to 

 his application (a) a certificate of age, 

 (6) health certificate signed by a Civil 

 Surgeon testifying to the candidate's 

 physical fituess for such outdoor work 

 as is required to be iir the Agricultural 

 Department, (c) a certificate of good 

 moral character from the Principal of 

 the Agricultural College from which he 

 graduated or from any one else of 

 influential position. The certificates (b) 

 and (c) must bear a date within six 

 months of the date of application for 

 admission into the College. 



(iii) The principal may relax any of 

 the conditions imposed under rule (ii), 

 should he consider it desirable. 



(iv) The names of those private stu- 

 dents who succeed in obtaining the 

 College certificates will be entered by 

 the Principal in a register to be kept for 

 the purpose, and will be communicated 

 to the Directors of Agriculture in the 

 various provinces so that these private 

 students may be offered employment if 

 their services are required. The names 

 will also be published in the Gazette of 

 India and in provincial Government 

 Gazettes. 



7. It will be at the discretion of the 

 Principal, with the advice of the scien- 

 tific officer in charge of the section, to 

 declare at any time the unfitness of a 

 student for training and to require his 

 removal from the College. 



8. The expenses of a student at the 

 College will, it is estimated, not exceed 



